Black Is Brown Is Tan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780060287764)

Brown-skinned mama, the color of chocolate milk and pumpkin pie. White-skinned daddy, not the color of milk or snow, but light with pinks and tiny tans. And their two children, the beautiful colors of both.

For an all-American family, full of joy, warmth, and love, this is the way it is for us / this is the way we are

When it was first published in 1973, black is brown is tan featured the first interracial family in children's books. Decades later, Arnold Adoff's and Emily Arnold McCully's picture book continues to offer a joyous and loving celebration of all the colors of the race, now newly embellished with bright watercolor paintings that depict a contemporary family of the twenty-first century.

And the chorus rings true as ever:

black is brown is tan
is girl is boy
is nose is face
is all the colors of the race

Author: Arnold Adoff
ISBN-10: 0060287764
ISBN-13: 9780060287764
Publisher: HarperCollins
Language: English
Published: 03/26/2002
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 11.28h x 8.78w x 0.41d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 30633 / Black Is Brown Is Tan


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 03/15/2002 pg. 404
PW Notes and Reprints 03/25/2002 pg. 66
Booklist 04/15/2002 pg. 1405
School Library Journal 07/01/2002 pg. 76
New York Times 07/14/2002 pg. 18
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 318 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Black Issues Book Review 03/01/2004 pg. 66
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 318 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Publishers Weekly 03/25/2002